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LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav today said that efforts to unite political parties against the BJP were moving in the positive direction. "The efforts to unite all the parties against the BJP are going on in Delhi in positive direction," Yadav said while addressing a gathering on the occasion of 87th birth anniversary of Badri Vishal Pitti , the Hyderabad-based industrialist and a close confidante of socialist thinker Ram Manohar Lohia. Over the merger of splinter groups of Janata Pariwar , the SP chief said, "All are trying...three rounds of talks have been held so far...everyone is making an effort".

NEW DELHI: Terming the tussle within AAP a "struggle for power" that reflected "opportunism", BJP today said Delhi will not see any progress in such a situation and those who were elected to form the government would have to answer to the public for letting them down. The sole opposition party in Delhi Assembly also charged that AAP's internal conflict was neither a fight of principles and nor did it involve values or have any element of democracy, principles which the ruling outfit likes to boast about.

KOLKATA: After the arrest of two Bangladeshi nationals for their alleged involvement in the nun gangrape case, BJP National Secretary Siddharth Nath Singh today said the case has corroborated the party's view about the menance of Bangladeshi infiltration in West Bengal. Singh also said that the Mamata Banerjee government should "come out of its slumber" and take steps to stop Bangladeshi infiltration here. "The Ranaghat case is an example that vindicates our stand on Bangladeshi infiltration.

NEW DELHI: Home Minister Rajnath Singh today described former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee as an international icon who is respected and loved by one and all. "Our former Prime Minister Vajpayee is not only just an Indian statesman but an international icon who is respected and loved by everyone," Singh told reporters here. Vajpayee is being conferred country's highest civilian award Bharat Ratna today by President Pranab Mukherjee . The Home Minister said it is a matter of immense happiness for the whole country that the former Prime Minister is being bestowed with the Bharat Ratna.

PATNA: The meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bihar Chief Minister in Delhi was one of the courtesies and had Nitish Kumar displayed similar 'good sense' earlier Bihar would not had been in the political mire, BJP said today. "Had such good sense prevailed at that time (2010) Bihar would not have been trapped in political mire today," senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi told reporters here. There was, however, no chance of BJP joining hands with JD(U)

NEW DELHI: Delhi BJP today hit out at Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal saying he has become a "political stuntman" and "opportunist" who has deviated from his poll promises, and has left people to suffer from various problems as his government was busy in infighting in AAP . "People are left to cry for water and power even before advent of summer. Traders are being harassed with threats of raid under the pressure of collecting more revenue. "Women are awaiting deployment of guards in DTC buses and RWAs are yet to see CCTV cameras installed," Delhi BJP chief Satish Upadhyay said, adding but the government was busy in infighting and freely distributing the high-level posts to its MLAs to survive.

MUNGER: A local BJP leader was shot dead today by unidentified assailants at a restaurant here. Uttam Sharma was sitting behind the cash counter at his restaurant when two assailants came in and shot at him from close range, Superintendent of Police Barun Kumar Sinha said. He died on the spot. The deceased BJP leader had a running feud with some arms smugglers, the SP said, adding a probe was on in the matter. Sharma was the district vice-president of BJP's Yuva Morcha.

NEW DELHI: Often described as the moderate face of BJP, charismatic Atal Bihari Vajpayee is an iconic leader whose acceptability across the political spectrum broke barriers pitchforking the saffron party to centrestage of politics in the late 90s. An orator par excellence and known for taking bold initiatives, notable being the attempt to bridge differences in Indo-Pak relations, Vajpayee, who is lauded as a statesman politician, went far beyond...

PATNA: Ruling JD(U) and opposition BJP today traded charges over police lathicharge on ABVP workers agitating against deterioration in education system forcing adjournment of both Houses of state Legislature amid pandemonium. In the Legislative Assembly, BJP members created ruckus over lathicharge on ABVP workers as they trooped into the well of the House and raised anti-government slogans. Senior minister and JD(U) Legislature party leader Vijay Chaudhary defended lathicharge saying the agitators provoked security forces to act against them.

NEW DELHI: A 70-member delegation of Jat MPs, MLAs and political leaders from BJP met PM Modi and party chief Amit Shah to request the government to file a review petition against the SC ruling that quashed reservations for the Jat community. The delegation was assured of a review by both the PM and the BJP chief, a sign that BJP was mindful of the powerful community that played a role in the spectacular performance of the party in UP in the last general polls. "We have been assured by the prime minister that the government was looking at the order carefully and seeking a solution within the legal framework," said BJP leader OP Dhankar after the meeting.